Evgenia Radanova

Personal information

Full name

Evgenia Radanova

Born

4 November 1977 (age 39)
Sofia, Bulgaria

Height

170 cm (5 ft 7 in)

Weight

65 kg (143 lb)

Medal record

Women's short track speed skating
Representing Bulgaria
Olympic Games
	2002 Salt Lake City	500 meters
	2006 Turin	500 meters
	2002 Salt Lake City	1500 meters
World Championships
	2000 Sheffield	500 m
	2003 Warsaw	1000 m
	1999 Sofia	500 m
	2001 Jeonju	1500 m
	2002 Montréal	500 m
	2002 Montréal	3000 m
	1995 Gjovik	3000 m
	1998 Vienna	1500 m
	1998 Vienna	3000 m
	1999 Sofia	3000 m relay
	2001 Jeonju	Overall
	2001 Jeonju	3000 m
	2001 Jeonju	3000 m relay
	2002 Montréal	Overall
	2002 Montréal	1000 m
	2003 Warsaw	3000 m relay

Evgenia Radanova (Bulgarian: Евгения Раданова) (born 4 November 1977) is a Bulgarian female short track speed skater and racing cyclist who has participated in both the Summer and Winter Olympics. She was the world record holder in the 500 m short track distance with 43.671s, which she set in Calgary, Canada on 19 October 2001. In the Salt Lake City 2002 Winter Olympic games she won a silver medal at the same distance and a bronze at 1500m. In Athens 2004 Summer games she took part in cycling, but did not get a medal. In the 2010 Vancouver Olympics in the women's 500 m she ended up 7th.

Radanova currently trains in Italy, although most of her career she spent with Slavia Sofia Sports Club and the National Sports Academy in Sofia, Bulgaria. In the Academy she studied coaching. Jeni's coach is Ivan Pandov. She weighs 65 kg and is 170 cm tall. Radanova has been severely injured at least twice, but has overcome the injuries to come back. In August 2014, Radanova was appointed as Bulgarian Minister of Youth and Sports on a temporary basis as part of the caretaker government of Georgi Bliznashki.

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